"I write because I find humor in the absurdities of daily life. Sometimes I feel sadness too, and I find I can write my tears away. I write when I'm angry and feel I must right a wrong. I write when I'm touched and want others to see beauty and gentleness. I write, as many others do, because I must." -Elaine Fantle Shimberg

Fulfill Your Goals and Live Life in Full Circle

At the start of every year, we list down goals that we want to fulfill before the year ends. This 2013, some of my aspirations included finding more time for our family to be able to go out more often during weekends and holidays. I knew doing that would need a lot of planning and budgeting.

Thankfully, with proper funds allocation and fixing of schedules, my husband and I were able to bring our four boys on overnight trips to a couple of hotels as well as have bonding moments with them over lunch or dinner in restaurants and watching movies at the mall.

Among the many factors that enabled us to do all these, I believe, include physical health. After all, we needed enough strength to keep on working and earning while we budget our finances for family outings at the same time.

Keeping oneself healthy is not easy though if you are like us who have to sometimes work long hours and undergo a lot of work-related stress. Aside from sticking to a proper diet, exercise, and enough sleep, thankfully, there are supplements that can also help boost the immune system by keeping various body functions at their optimum levels.

One of those is Circulan, the 4 in 1 dietary supplement that supports a healthy heart, arteries, blood, and nerves. In essence, Circulan promotes good blood circulation by combining 4 top herbal extracts – Hawthorn Berry, Ginkgo Biloba, Garlic Oil, and Lemon Balm -- in one formula. Please read my previous blog post where I described each of their benefits in detail.

The bottom line is, our family needs us. All our hard work and all the money we earn will be worthless if the people we love most can’t even enjoy our presence in their lives. It is not enough to provide our kids with material things again and again. They need us more and we need to be healthy for their sake.

This coming 2014, what goals are you aiming for? Make sure you also put “spending time with the people who matter” on the top of your list. In my opinion, only then can we truly say we’re doing everything we can to live a fulfilled and happy life.

Who is:

I am a contributing writer to various Philippine print and online publications. I blog because I enjoy writing about other topics that are not assigned by my editors. I'm a mom of four boys and wife to a man I consider my bestest friend in the world.

"I write because I find humor in the absurdities of daily life. Sometimes I feel sadness too, and I find I can write my tears away. I write when I'm angry and feel I must right a wrong. I write when I'm touched and want others to see beauty and gentleness. I write, as many others do, because I must." -Elaine Fantle Shimberg